dalaginding

Cebuano

Etymology

Blend of dalaga (“young mature woman”) +‎ inday (“young girl”) +‎ -ing (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧la‧gin‧ding
  • IPA(key): /dalaˈɡindiŋ/ [d̪ɐ.l̪ɐˈɡin̪.d̪ɪŋ]

Noun

dalagínding (Badlit spelling ᜇᜎᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. young woman or lady
  2. (offensive) effeminate young gay man

Tagalog

Etymology

From dalaginday +‎ -ing (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /dalaɡinˈdiŋ/ [d̪ɐ.lɐ.ɣɪn̪ˈd̪ɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Syllabification: da‧la‧gin‧ding

Noun

dalagindíng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

  1. very young girl; very young maiden
    Synonyms: dalaginday, dalagita
  2. (euphemistic, offensive, humorous) effeminate young man

Further reading

  • “dalaginding”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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